Appliance for removing nail polish



July 20, 1965 E. J. POLITZER APPLIANCE FOR REMOVING NAIL P OLISH FiledDec. 5, 1962.

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United States Patent 3,195,544 APPLIANCE FOR REMOVING NAIL POLISH EugeneJim Pulitzer, 65 Rue Jouitroy, Paris, France Filed Dec. 3, 1962, Ser.No. 241,851 Claims priority, application France, Dec. 7, 1%1, 881,290,Fatent 1,316,540 1 Claim. (Cl. 132-445) Up till now, for removing wornor soiled polish from the finger-nails, the user dipped a cotton Woolpad or rag in solvent, holding this wad or rag in one hand, and rubbingthe nails of the other hand.

This method has numerous disadvantages. In the first place, the openedbottle risks upsetting; then an appreciable quantity of liquid isnecessary for soaking the wad or rag, which leads to Waste, seeing thatthis wad or rag is thrown away after being used. On the other hand, thepolish of the nails of the hand holding the wad is attacked and damagedby the solvent, which makes it necessary to remove the polish from allthe nails, in turn. It is thus very diflicult individually to remove thepolish from a given nail.

For this reason, the user is generally obliged to proceed to remove thepolish from all of the nails, and to make a fresh general application ofthe polish, even if, in fact, the polish on a single nail is damaged andrequires to be renewed.

The present invention obviates these disadvantages by creating anappliance that easily allows the polish to be removed from a single nailindividually, without affecting the other finger-nails, both of thetreated hand as well as the hand holding the appliance. This appliancethus enables only the finger-nail requiring it, to be treated, and onlyto consume the quantity of polish solvent that is absolutely necessaryfor the Work to be carried out, affording in this manner a great savingin time and money. The appliance can be carried when travelling withoutany risk of its being upset in toilet sets and other luggage.

According to the invention, the appliance comprises a receptaclecontaining the solvent having a pad or brush in its neck and at leastone rigid component against which the working end of the pad or brushcan bear, thus enabling the user holding the appliance in one hand,vigorously to brush each nail of the other hand separately.

According to various embodiments of the invention, the bearing componentis formed by a bevel or oblique surface of the neck of the receptacleand a stopper inserted in this neck, or else by a support held by astopper and engaged inside of the pad or brush used for applying thesolvent. The passage of the solvent contained in the receptacle to thepad or brush for applying can be effected by capillarity in followingthe pad or brush or a wick that can go down to the bottom of thereceptacle or else by a straight tube passing through the stopper orpad.

Various other characteristics of the invention will moreover be revealedby the detailed description which follow of the forms of embodimentgiven by way of examples that are not restrictive and are shown in theattached drawing.

FIGURE 1 is a vertical section of the appliance.

FIGURE 2 is a front elevation of the appliance, partly 3,195,544Patented July 20, 1965- in section, along a plane perpendicular to thatof FIG URE 1.

FIGURE 3 is an elevation-section of a second form of embodiment.

FIGURE 4 is a partial elevation-section of a third form of embodiment.

FIGURE 5 is an elevation-section of a fourth form of embodiment.

The appliance of FIGURE 1 is essentially formed by a flask 1, preferably.of compressible synthetic material, having a neck 3 in which a stopper4 is placed drilled with a bore 5 accommodating a wick 6 and a straighttube 7. The straight tube 7, which passes downwardly through stopper 4and extends to the vicinity of the bottom of flask 1, has for itsfunction to conduct the solvent it) to the upper part of the wick 6 bygravity, so that the solvent may be applied onto the nails. The stopper4 has a bevel 3 at its top part. 9 denotes a closing cap having a tappedbase screwing on to the neck 3 of the flask.

When the flask is filled with solvent fior nail polish It), the usercan, by holding the flask in one hand, firmly apply the end 6 of thewick forming a pad to the fingernail from which the polish is requiredto be removed, for this end of the wick presses on the bevel 8 whichfirmly holds it.

According to an alternative (not shown), the stopper 4 can be mouldedwith the neck 3 of the flask, these two elements forming one piece.Likewise, according to another alternative, the neck 3 of the flask isextended upwards and cut with a bevel, the pad being forcibly insertedin this neck. In this case, it is the actual extension of the neck cutin a bevel that forms the oblique bearing surface 8 against which theend of the pad coming out of the flask bears for enabling the uservigorously to rub her finger-nails.

According to the alternative of FIGURE 3, the flask 11 comprises astopper 14 drilled with a bore 15 in which a Wick i6 is inserted havinga part 16' descending to the bottom of the flask and a projecting part16" emerging on the bevel 18 against which it presses during theoperation of removing the nail polish.

19 denotes the removable cap. In this case, the solvent rises bycapillarity through the Wick, the appliance not comprising the risingtube as in FIGURE 1.

In the alternative of FIGURE 4, the flask 21 with a threaded neck 23accommodating the cap 29 is provided with a stopper 24 in which a pad 26passes through a bore 23A. The stopper 24 also has a bevel 28 againstwhich the Working part of the pad 26 presses. In the non-utilizationposition shown in FIGURE 4, the stopper is turned round so that theapplying part of the pad 26 is bathed in the liquid 30 and is thuscleaned. To utilize the appliance, the stopper 24 is turned round byinserting its part 24' in the neck of the flask, so that its working endis placed in the position 25' shown in dotted lines, by pressing againstthe bevel 28' to remove the polish.

FIGURE 5 shows another embodiment in which the flask 31 with a threadedneck 33 accommodates the closing cap 39. A stopper 34 inserted in theneck of the flask has a bore 35 accommodating a tube 32 having a bore32' and with a splayed-out head 32.". The pad 36 is threaded on to thetop part of the tube and in a widened part 35' of the bore of thestopper 34. The tube 32 acts not only for the passage of the solvent Thewick' and a brush or dense pencil and which would bear'on the;

rigidifying elements provided, these *latter'being able to assume veryvaried shapes, without going outside of the scope of the invention. Thewick, pad and internal packing can beprovided removable and to bechanged at will. The flask can be of any other suitable material and canalso have various shapes. 7 1 1 I claim: 7 V An appliance for removingthe polish from fingernails, comprising a compressible receptacle havingan open-neck portion ofreduced size at the upper end thereof, nailpolish solvent within said receptacle in free, state, a hollow plugdisposed within said neck portion, said plug having aninclinedsurfaceiat'its upper end thereof, said w solvent within said receptacleis mostly in'free, state, and a hollow tube disposed beside saidabsorbing means in 'said' hollow plug, the lower end thereof extendinginto said solvent, the upper end of said tube lying adjacentsaid'inclined surface so ,thatupon deformation of said absorbingmeans--said iabsorbing means. bear against the upper open end of saidtube and said inclined surface, said tube acting to conduct the solventto the upper end of said absorbing means. 7

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS .3/11 Mahler15-563 1,910,669., 5/33. Biederman 132-745 X 2,160,17-3' 11/37 Rubens132'73 X 2,190,975 2/40 BIOWII. 2,236,096 3/4 1 Henry 132--73.52,399,463 -4 /4 6 Bryant 13274.5 2,517,283 7'8/50 Bryant 132- 74.5 X2,564,349 8/51 Thal .L.. 132 -79 X "2,687,543 8/54- Mendelevitch l5565 I2,876,782 3/59 Hudgens 132-74.5

FOREIGN PATENTS 845,496 5/39 France. 1,206,239 8/59 Frarice- 447,9035/36 Great Britain.

above said plug so that upon deformation said absorbing means will bearagainst said. flat inclined surface, said RICHARD A. GAUDET, TammExaminer. JORDAN FRANKLIN, Examiner.

